Telegram-herald., 1887-12-25
| PREHISTORIC CITY
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tao .lelss.a.io1s 81 1heal taat hase - 1ed the
ea1 H. Caz1.AZ has heea "a woFk several
fIlauEhs On TIE rai11s 81 oals river valley, ard
1 zad the flesasufa % allkasg Am a visit ia
tls elfiy part Cf AG<1st. 4 sriend and AZ
figea as AS caai9 oalis la ths Eac1s1g. 4F.
Cua1iug - actiaE a9eer authority q t1s
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prosperous and ueii caTsd f0r We fsit hke
we Aad s1k bzck ui.der tie shsif4fiax arms -
fEs govern sent. The sis t,kek -anies, TO
triln. weil tult wagons, The sAitc. st-ong
tei.ts. ths a5sInlancs of food lgr both man
aud beast, 4zd TIE ever beautiful AuiericaB
dag eoating over ali nasie 40 = particularly
i1sPiging spectacle ana save ~ p@triotic
impulse that 0ne eould feel only IN such
std, alIfnsiden rsgioo A. .Avizona- We eere
welcomed nifsst heartily by NJ Cusbisg and
kis assisEanls ke carries quite httie COM
nu1ity ~ith hinA sirss IS his wife and her
sister, tvD vrfy chsrIaing kokiBg ladies',
then AN eng.Eser. an anlsnslen>ls, cook, two
o. thrss grooi1s ard g-Aerai woFkmsn and
quits iof u people % a. tir sging lor ~
MANI II tao .csr triees. oae lane tent WAS
given up % ths remains thai h-sd been found.
Tsee Sero bsfng ossed, iateie,i and packed
away Ia bczes FOR Saipuert % lie smith
scnien insittQttoa-
fsis camp ~ e. ths slze of what had evi-
Geutiy bcen eity of considerable sizs, and
soout go yards away was ths citadel or f0-t-
rcs3 ~ tbs cisy. - walked Over 20 this
-ita&sl anl took xsusysl survey from that
9oiEs II had syidsn.Y seen building OF
considerable ssze and zxsaSth. probably sev-
s-1al sksries kisa, aad bad iLs fsundstioa lad
easp Ia the earsa. TAs Esslexisl used ia IS
eolseruct.ea wls sundrisd clay, the saule as
that usra ~ tho Nexicans OF ths lower and
middle ciszsaz, ard before Ar. Cusaing be
gEn ais explorations tssrs Was nothing to
marx its whereaboats. exeep&a sort OF oblsug
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t1e foundation we're fsaad intact, but tia
ground plan could oe trsesd in every detail,
a wsu as tAe lines OF the oGtsx wall. Tie
rooras were Of diH1ront sisss, ard seemed to
have heen Constructed with mGca arcsli-
t<cturnl skin A number of TIE smaller
apartments had undoubtedly been con
stFnctad for burial vaults, for
whsn they ssrs opened up skeletons were
found IN shsrz, tas as4as being invariably to
tee east II enc ~ taese vaults was the
skelesnn ~ q child. Ar. Cushing WAS OF
the 0pinlsn that the building had been a sort
OK combined citadel and sacred temple, and
fna1 the resnains Of thass found there wsre
these Of priests and tArir families fls said
BE- had encornteret many evidences tkAt con-
vtnced him thai the peopls vhe had inhabited
tEo city k.ad rsacbod ths period Ia civilization
when the pr.ess is s1psrtor IN power. A
ehicf or king hxsd IN tso cissdsl. but hs vas
usidsr ths control Of tho priests Jast Why
Mr. Coshing toek this view l could not
Clearly uadersfaad. unless IL was because OF
certain relics ho h%d fond IN sszao az the
tonhs.
The city extended ort in all directions
from she palaceor temple azd the fOEnda-
ti0cs u many of taen mad been exposed,
many of them consisting Of but a single
room bat now and then there would be one
of larxer and more sinpls proportions, and
Ia nnesf II tbsss iarssr oaes there had bcen
fsund burial vaults snd sSelstOas. Two
thousand % these skeletons had bssn 9x-
hnme1 when Vas there. Thsre vas gen
orsl burial ground wasrs .ae dead sosnisd %
have BEEN tarorn IL prousi cuousiy, sort
~ potter's hed. bs- tha skeletons hers WEI
~ broken up thst 70 gccd specimens coz
b. obtaiaeA The richer ps0pls buried thcif
dad ri taeir hcrses, building -ir ss<ht ats
fer tse nurPoe. out the pSsr classes wcfa
Z sposcd og much ss taey ars today in our
larger -isses.
NJ Clsa.aE hsd fsua5 great deal Of
r~tts~v if tte sofah- e. Esl ~ Ia aud aaoai
~ the dwellings ! ssSs auRoer of pieces thsf
vrie well preserved and sha5 had been
raiasea rith mach skin Az the best spsci-
f,ecs srer,s1 to have seep used for s&cral
.psirposes and thls vas one rsassn. 10 doabt
Mr Clsaia- BAD f0r T., lssiak sAcss people
-aorser they wers. haa arrived al a period
in their ns,is-lsl hstoFv ahaa he priest
r-re at the eess o. STsirs Thsss saer
riecas 81 pst.srv we're of many diKereai
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bus great assasl-fsies ~ stolis sxes
st.lne peStiss aad mortarS. boae needses
al kuivss aad other sleh msSerlals as he-
1cnx - TIE stone Aga hns see skin WITH
which tl.ss Articles we're rns.is ~es far alre
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Aasrsca by - shitrs These pre4is.cs. it
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critics that raased visa tkose seund il Mex
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